UTMB MS4 Publishes in Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings

Congratulations to Luke Hamilton (MS4) for his recent publication, “Continuous glucose monitor device–associated cutaneous Mycobacterium abscessus infection: a novel source of primary inoculation” in Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. His coauthors are Travis Dowdle (PGY-4 Resident), Antonio Jimenez (Assistant Professor of Dermatology), Janice Wilson (Dermatology Program Director and Associate Professor of Dermatology), and Brandon Goodwin (Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Dermatopathology).

Hamilton, L., Dowdle, T. S., Jimenez, A., Wilson, J. M., & Goodwin, B. P. (2026). Continuous glucose monitor device–associated cutaneous Mycobacterium abscessus infection: a novel source of primary inoculation. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/08998280.2026.2691623

UTMB Associate Professor of Dermatology Interviewed about Photoprotection

Congratulations to Dr. Janice Wilson for her recent informative interview with KHOU in Houston! To see this interview “Debunking sun safety myths and tips to protect your skin,” view: 

https://www.khou.com/video/news/latest-news-ott/debunking-sun-safety-myths-and-tips-to-protect-your-skin/285-611d4411-16e6-410b-a516-d353cc7d19c6

FALL 2026 MEDICAL STUDENT PARTICIPATION INFORMATION:

If slots are not completely filled by TDS Resident Members, the TDS board will select up to three medical student podium submissions to present in-person at this year’s meeting. The TDS will know closer to the date of the meeting if any medical student podiums will be shown in-person. Medical Students and Research Fellows are welcome to submit in both the poster and podium competitions. However, priority will go to TDS Member Residents. All medical student/research fellow poster submissions will be accepted and will be presented virtually. There is a $25 poster fee regardless of presentation format and no refunds will be given.

TDS IS GOING Green! The TDS will not be offering a paper syllabus at the fall 2026 meeting

Montagna Symposium Abstracts Due July 19

The Society for Investigative Dermatology (SID) is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2026 Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin, taking place October 15-19 at Skamania Lodge (Washington State, USA).

This year's theme, "Resident Memory T Cells in Health and Disease," will feature leading researchers and opportunities for trainees to present their work. Eligible students, residents, fellows, and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to submit an abstract by July 19 for consideration for poster presentations, short talks, and travel awards that include registration, lodging, and travel support.

Don't miss this opportunity to share your research and connect with leaders in investigative dermatology!

For more information, to register, visit: https://montagnasymposium.org/

2025-2026 UTMB Dermatology Department Awards

Best Research by a Completing Dermatology Resident (PGY4): Mary Cavanagh, MD 

UTMB Dermatology Faculty Teaching Award: Brandon Goodwin, MD

 

Community Dermatology Teaching Award: Rebecca Philips, MD

 

 

Congratulations to all!

UTMB Dermatology PGY2 Residents

 The UTMB DIG welcomes you and looks forward to working with you!

UTMB Dermatology Wellness 2026

 

UTMB Dermatology Publishes in Dermatologic Surgery

Congratulations to UTMB dermatology residents PGY2 Drs. Kush Maheshwari and PGY3 Travis Dowdle for their recent publication in the peer-reviewed journal, Dermatologic Surgery. Their coauthors were  Drs. Richard Wagner (Professor Dermatology and Mohs Fellowship Director) and the senior author, Juan Pinto, the current Mohs  fellow. The citation is:

Maheshwari K, Dowdle TS, Wagner RF Jr, Pinto-Cuberos J. Hemorrhagic Failure and Salvage of a Nasolabial Interpolation Flap after Intravenous Thrombolysis. Dermatol Surg. 2026 Jun 23. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000005220. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42328961.

Recent UTMB SOM Graduate Publishes Original Investigation

Congratulations to Madelyn Schmidt, MD, a Class of 2026 UTMB SOM graduate, on the publication of her original investigation, “Postoperative Inflammatory Complications Do Not Increase the Risk of Subsequent Primary Skin Cancer. The article appeared online (ahead of publication) in Advances in Skin & Wound Care. Dr. Schmidt will return to UTMB next July to begin dermatology residency.  Her co-authors were UTMB PGY3 Dermatology Resident Travis Dowdle, MD and UTMB Professor Dermatology and Mohs Fellowship Director, Richard Wagner, MD. The notation for this publication is: 

Schmidt M, Dowdle TS, Wagner RF Jr. Postoperative Inflammatory Complications Do Not Increase the Risk of subsequent Primary Skin Cancer. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2026 Jun 24. doi: 10.1097/ASW.0000000000000499. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42333412.

Five Top Texas Medical Schools Ranked by U.S. News and World Report's 2026-27 Best Global Universities List of 2250 Top Universities

UT Southwestern 119

Baylor 144

UT Houston 324

UTMB 599

Texas Tech 1871

 

Source: USA Today Network https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2026/06/20/best-texas-medical-schools-us-news-world-rankings-2026-ut-southwestern-baylor-ttuhsc/90607004007/

Congratulations Dr. Brent Kelly

Brent C. Kelly, MD, Professor Dermatology has been promoted from Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education to Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education effective July 1, 2026. Congratulations on your promotion!

Learn More About the New World Screwworm

 Dr. Maureen Laroche, MS PhD FRES

Medical Entomologist

Assistant Professor

Friday, June 12, 2026

Health Education Center 3.201

12 pm

 

UTMB MS4 Publishes in Cureus

Congratulations to Luke Hamilton (MS4) for his recent publication, “Dapsone-Induced Systemic Drug Reaction in a Patient with Immunoglobulin Vasculitis” in Cureus. His coauthors are Antonio Jimenez (UTMB Dermatopathology Fellow), Sarah Kesaria (UTMB PGY4), Anthony Linfante (UTMB Assistant Professor). 

Hamilton L, Jimenez A, Kesaria S, Linfante A. Dapsone-induced systemic drug reaction in a patient with immunoglobulin A vasculitis. Cureus. Published online April 2026. doi:10.7759/cureus.106449

UTMB MS4 Publishes in AJDP

Congratulations to Luke Hamilton (MS4) for his recent publication, “Interdigitating Dendritic Cell Sarcoma Arising on the Skin: An Exceedingly Rare Tumor With a Poor Prognosis” in The American Journal of Dermatopathology (AJDP). His coauthors are Antonio Jimenez (UTMB Dermatopathology Fellow), Anthony Linfante (UTMB Assistant Professor), Brent Kelly (UTMB Professor Dermatology), Bernard Gibson (UTMB Assistant Professor), Carlos A. Torres-Cabala (MD Anderson Professor), Jonathan L. Curry (MD Anderson Professor). 

Hamilton L, Jimenez A, Linfante A, Kelly B, Gibson B, Torres-Cabala CA, Curry JL. Interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma arising on the skin: an exceedingly rare tumor with a poor prognosis. Am J Dermatopathol. Published online February 2026. doi:10.1097/DAD.0000000000003177

Belated Congratulations to Travis Dowdle, MD (PGY3 UTMB Dermatology Resident)

The DIG Blog has just become aware about a Mohs related publication that was published by Dr. Travis Dowdle in the peer-reviewed journal SKIN: Travis S. Dowdle, MD, Ryan S. Koch, MD, Corley Pruneda, MD, Juan M. Pinto-Cuberos, MD, Renat Ahatov, MD, Frank T. Winsett, MD, Richard F. Wagner Jr., MD, Impact of Anatomical Location on Stage Requirements in Mohs Micrographic Surgery: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study of 501,209 Cases Using TriNetX (2004-2024), SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine: Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026): January 2026 Issue.   His coauthors include the former, current, and the incoming 2026-2027 Mohs fellow, as well as our two full-time UTMB Mohs Core faculty, Assistant Professor and Fellowship Associate Program Director Frank Winsett, MD and Professor Dermatology and Fellowship Program Director Richard Wagner, MD. SKIN is an open-access online dermatology journal that is indexed Google Scholar and  DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), Scopus, and Portico.

UTMB PGY3 Dermatology Resident Publishes Study in Dermatologic Surgery

Congratulations to Marie Vu, MD, a current second year UTMB dermatology resident, for her first authorship publication in the June 2026 supplemental issue of Dermatologic Surgery

GLPs Significantly Decrease the Risk of Postoperative Surgical Complications: A TriNetX Retrospective Cohort Study

Vu, Marie MD*; Schmidt, Madelyn BS†; Gandhi, Smiti BS†; Wagner, Richard F. MD*  Dermatologic Surgery 52(6S):p S35-S38, June 2026. | DOI: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000005162). Her co-authors were UTMB medical students Madelyn Schmidt and Smiti Ghandi, and Professor Dermatology, Richard Wagner, MD, UTMB's Mohs Fellowship Program Director. 

UTMB Dermatology PGY2 Publishes Case Report in Dermatologic Surgery

Congratulations to UTMB PGY2 dermatology resident, Dr. Kush Maheshwari for his recent first author publication in Dermatologic Surgery (Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising in a New Tattoo).

Maheshwari K, Ahatov R, Pinto-Cuberos J, Wagner RF Jr. Dermatol Surg. 2026 May 1;52(5):488-489. doi:10.1097/DSS.0000000000004849. Epub 2025 Sep 3. PMID: 40899760 (No abstract available). His coauthors were Drs. Renat Ahatov (PGY4 UTMB dermatology resident and 2026-2027 UTMB Mohs fellow), Juan Pinto-Cuberos (current UTMB Mohs fellow), and Richard Wagner (UTMB Professor Dermatology and Mohs Fellowship Director).

 

UTMB MS4 Publishes in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Congratulations to UTMB MS4 Christopher Thang for his recent publication in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice (Impact Factor 6.6), which found that dupilumab treatment in atopic dermatitis patients was associated with a progressive reduction in the incidence rate of alopecia areata.

 

Reference: 

Levine, J, Tang, A, O'Hagan, R, Mo, L, Islam, RK, Thang, CJ, Gulati, N, Talia, J, Guttman-Yassky, E, & Ungar, B. (2026). Dupilumab treatment for atopic dermatitis associated with reduced risk of alopecia areata: A multicenter cohort study. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, S2213-2198(26)00219-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2026.03.015

UTMB MS4 Publishes in International Journal of Dermatology

Congratulations to UTMB MS4 Christopher Thang for his recent publication in the International Journal of Dermatology (Impact Factor 3.2), in which he found a bidirectional association between periorificial dermatitis and type 2 inflammatory conditions, including atopic dermatitis. 

 

His project was conducted with David Garate (UTMB SOM Alumnus), Dr. Michael G. Wilkerson (Professor and Chair of UTMB Department of Dermatology) and Dr. George Golovko (UTMB Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology).

 

Reference: 

Garate, D, Thang, CJ, Lai, J, Sánchez-Feliciano, A, Golovko, G, Wilkerson, MG, & Barbieri, JS. (2026). Bidirectional Association Between Periorificial Dermatitis and Type 2 Inflammatory Conditions: A Retrospective Cohort Study. International journal of dermatology, 10.1111/ijd.70395. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijd.70395

UTMB Dermatology and UTMB DIG Announce Annual Awards for 2025-2026 Academic Year

Departmental Awards 

Thomas B. Freese Award (Best Overall Dermatology Senior Medical Student): Madelyn Schmidt

Edgar B. Smith, MD Award (Best Dermatology Research Performed in Department): Christopher Thang

 

History of Dermatology: Jun Park (The Origins of en face Processing: Tracing the Evolution of Mohs Micrographic Surgery)

Skin Diseases Depicted in Film: Joy Li (How Has This Course Changed My Perception of Film as It Relates to Depictions of Skin Diseases)

DIG Awards

 

Excellent Faculty Teaching in Dermatology: Kathleen Kroger, MD

Excellent Resident Teaching in Dermatology: Peter Nguyen, MD